With a bit of creative modding, old laptops make great wall-mounted digital photo frames, with more interesting possibilities than the dedicated ones you can buy these days.
Low-powered home audio client. Put one in every room you want music in, and dump Amarok on them. With the lower power consumption than desktops, you could probably afford to keep them on 24/7.
Datalogger/server. Have one in the basement logging your power usage/temperature sensors/whatever about your house.
Uh, I think that would be a really bad idea. It takes a lot of energy to instantly heat water and, while old HWCs are inefficient, modern ones are much better. You can choose any (or all) of wetbacks, heat pumps or solar heaters to plug into your modern cylinders and get better energy efficiency than what any instant heater can provide.
Of course there is a usage point at which keeping water warm becomes less economical, but if you use more than a couple of litres a day then you're better off with a cylinder.
You're right. Without a strong military, we most likely wouldn't be in Iraq or Afghanistan. We would probably be too busy adjusting our wive's Burqas and worrying about how our Fatwah against England was going.
Not so much these days. A lot of hard drive use glass platters now. Much better temperature stability and, as it turns out, breakability.
For me the procedure is thus:
Undo hard drive screws Go out back door into alleyway carrying freshly opened drive, brush & shovel and $10 hammer Place hard drive on ground Tap hard drive with hammer at arms length Look away Wallop hard drive with hammer Gather up 1mm shards of glass with brush and shovel Dump now platterless disk in dumpster along with contents of brush and shovel
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this exactly what we want?
Why should it be up to the manufacturers to write drivers for their hardware? If they release the specs, then the community of FOSS developers can most likely make better drivers than most hardware OEMs. And without nefarious licensing terms that restrict us packaging them however we want.
I assume you're trying to argue the popular/. notion that the US, and only the US presumably, should be held accountable for every natural disaster on the planet and provide immediate relief to countries affected. Especially in countries where the governments are more corrupt than your own.
Funny how after Boxing Day 2004 they provided more aid than all the other countries combined but we don't seem to hear that mentioned much.
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You should try to remove Norton virus checker.
/. this week.
And that, sir, is the best advice I've seen on
stop buying oil products.
So how's that plastic-free computer working out for you?
My bad, I misread it as BASEE, not BASSE
I've got nothing.
Numbers in BASE-E, or Base 14?
Shouldn't they call themselves NBCMS then, rather than the other way around?
Perhaps. I'm constantly surprised that slashdot has people who still use Windows, mp3 and the RIAA.
/. community is a rather wide demographic these days.
I guess the
Or if you live in Australia:
/. recently)
Do not point laser at remaining pilot.
(I wish I could take credit for making this one up - saw it on
Just wire it up backwards - use the propeller as a generator!
With a bit of creative modding, old laptops make great wall-mounted digital photo frames, with more interesting possibilities than the dedicated ones you can buy these days.
Low-powered home audio client. Put one in every room you want music in, and dump Amarok on them. With the lower power consumption than desktops, you could probably afford to keep them on 24/7.
Datalogger/server. Have one in the basement logging your power usage/temperature sensors/whatever about your house.
Only joking
So what is it?
I had similar feelings. I still find it mildly watchable though.
We had no time...
This visualised pretty well here
(Java required)
Hmm, sounds like a job for the Sage math package.
Uh, I think that would be a really bad idea. It takes a lot of energy to instantly heat water and, while old HWCs are inefficient, modern ones are much better. You can choose any (or all) of wetbacks, heat pumps or solar heaters to plug into your modern cylinders and get better energy efficiency than what any instant heater can provide.
Of course there is a usage point at which keeping water warm becomes less economical, but if you use more than a couple of litres a day then you're better off with a cylinder.
You're right. Without a strong military, we most likely wouldn't be in Iraq or Afghanistan. We would probably be too busy adjusting our wive's Burqas and worrying about how our Fatwah against England was going.
Not so much these days. A lot of hard drive use glass platters now. Much better temperature stability and, as it turns out, breakability.
For me the procedure is thus:
Undo hard drive screws
Go out back door into alleyway carrying freshly opened drive, brush & shovel and $10 hammer
Place hard drive on ground
Tap hard drive with hammer at arms length
Look away
Wallop hard drive with hammer
Gather up 1mm shards of glass with brush and shovel
Dump now platterless disk in dumpster along with contents of brush and shovel
Wow. Bitter much?
What makes you think they're rich, and that it's their summer home?
A lot of properties in now prime areas were cheap before the housing boom, you know.
Wow. Gene Ray much?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this exactly what we want?
Why should it be up to the manufacturers to write drivers for their hardware? If they release the specs, then the community of FOSS developers can most likely make better drivers than most hardware OEMs. And without nefarious licensing terms that restrict us packaging them however we want.
At 86, he's trim and erect, and jokes about his age. But he's dead
What? But I thought you'd just said... So he's supposed to be some kind of zombie?
serious about the contrast...
Oh, never mind.
Ah yes, gotta love Apple's style:
On the box:
Designed by Apple in California
On the product:
Made in China
Well I guess it's a bit better than
Hello from Seattle
Voting is an illusion of choice.
Couldn't agree more. I've been saying that for years, though not quite as elegantly.
I believe that in this society, the only effective way to vote is with ones wallet.
Vote wisely.
Hmm it looks like you may be right. Sorry for the misinformation.
Though it only slightly dilutes my point: the US gave more than any other single body.
I assume you're trying to argue the popular /. notion that the US, and only the US presumably, should be held accountable for every natural disaster on the planet and provide immediate relief to countries affected. Especially in countries where the governments are more corrupt than your own.
Funny how after Boxing Day 2004 they provided more aid than all the other countries combined but we don't seem to hear that mentioned much.